United States Ninth Circuit

In an Administrative Procedure Act (APA) challenge to a National Park Service river management plan, the circuit court adopts the district court's opinion and summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where the APA does not allow the court to overturn an agency decision because it disagrees with the decision or with the agency's conclusions about environmental impacts.

Appellate Information

• Argued 06/10/2009
• Decided 07/21/2009
• Published 07/21/2009

Judges

• Before PROCTER HUG, JR., BETTY B. FLETCHER and MICHAEL DALY HAWKINS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Julia A. Olson, Wild Earth Advocates, Eugene, OR, and Matthew K. Bishop, Western Environmental Law Center, Helena, MT, for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles R. Scott, Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Federal appellees., Sam Kalen, Van Ness Feldman, PC, Washington, DC, for defendant-intervenor-appellee Grand Canyon River Outfitters Association., Lori Potter, Kaplan Kirsch & Rockwell LLP, Denver, CO, for defendant-intervenor-appellee Grand Canyon Private Boaters Association.